Your first movie, which was 30MB as mjpeg with pcm sound is now 1.2M I halved the dimensions ie 640x480-->320x240
video codec x264 @ 250 kbps audio codec mp3 container mp4 I'll email you the file offlist. On Monday 19 March 2007 23:47, Nick Rout wrote: > Don Gould wrote: > > use avidemux. Believe me use avidemux. I'll say it again!!! use avidemux > > > If you want to play in this space then knowing about mplayer and > > mencoder seems to be a place to start. > > > > I'm using debian, but there doesn't seem to be a package. Never fear, > > after the stuff I did last night it wasn't hard to install as all the > > prerequsits where already present. > > > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Mencoder_Introduction_Guide > > > > PROBLEMS... > > > > Tried to reencode my file... > > > > Checked what Available Codecs I have... > > > > compaq-pro:~/video# mencoder -ovc help > > MEncoder 1.0rc1-3.3.5 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team > > CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, > > Model: 8, Stepping: 6) > > CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 > > Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE > > > > > > Available codecs: > > copy - frame copy, without re-encoding. Doesn't work with filters. > > frameno - special audio-only file for 3-pass encoding, see DOCS. > > raw - uncompressed video. Use fourcc option to set format > > explicitly. > > nuv - nuppel video > > lavc - libavcodec codecs - best quality! > > > > compaq-pro:~/video# > > > > > > And then I get an error that I don't understand... > > > > compaq-pro:~/video# mencoder cia.avi -o movie.avi -ovc lavc -oac lavc > > > > MEncoder 1.0rc1-3.3.5 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team > > CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6, > > Model: 8, Stepping: 6) > > CPUflags: Type: 6 MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0 > > Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE > > > > success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0xacb10fa > > AVI file format detected. > > VIDEO: [MJPG] 640x480 24bpp 30.000 fps 9212.1 kbps (1124.5 kbyte/s) > > [V] filefmt:3 fourcc:0x47504A4D size:640x480 fps:30.00 ftime:=0.0333 > > ========================================================================= > >= > > > > Opening audio decoder: [pcm] Uncompressed PCM audio decoder > > AUDIO: 16000 Hz, 1 ch, u8, 256.0 kbit/200.00% (ratio: 32000->16000) > > Selected audio codec: [pcm] afm: pcm (Uncompressed PCM) > > ========================================================================= > >= > > > > Opening video filter: [expand osd=1] > > Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1 > > ========================================================================= > >= > > > > Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family > > Selected video codec: [ffmjpeg] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MJPEG decoder) > > ========================================================================= > >= > > > > [mp2 @ 0x8655618]bitrate 224 is not allowed in mp2 > > Couldn't open codec mp2, br=224. > > > > Exiting... > > compaq-pro:~/video# > > > > Don Gould wrote: > >> I want to join 4 AVI files I made this afternoon. > >> > >> I then want to host the movie on my web site as a streaming file that > >> people can view. ie - I don't want the user to have to download the > >> whole thing before they can start watching like you do with a mpg file. > >> > >> Can anyone point me in the right direciton? > >> > >> What tool do I use to join the files? > >> > >> What tool do I use to convert the file in to a streamable file? > >> > >> What file format does the file have to be in to be streamable? > >> > >> Cheers Don
